❓ If we can have Quick Play Classic then why can 't we have Competitive Classic?

[DrDangerRuss-2439]

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2 ingame endgame game modes will confuse players.

Note that we’re talking about Competitive players.

These are players who’ve already played Quickplay or other gamemodes to level 25.

Any confusion could be prevented by simply presenting new players with the choice when they queue for Quickplay, to go into either Role Queue Quickplay or Quickplay Classic.

This way they’re already primed on what to expect.

Furthermore, Competitive players are expected to have more of an enthusiasm for exploring and understanding the game.

It’s up to them to take the initiative and learn what each game mode is about.

Considering they’re enthusiast players, if they’re really interested in the “endgame” side of things, they’ll already have looked into the OWL etc. and taken note of the fact that tournaments are played by the Role Queue ruleset insofar as team composition.

If these players are genuinely confused - should they really play Competitive to begin with?

If you want to talk about confusion, what about the fact that players will be confused by three separate roles that Role Queue introduced in the first place, having a separate SR for each of them, not knowing which one is the most important or “endgame”, and the fact that 10 minute queue times for one particular role is very consumer-unfriendly and off-putting to players?

@DrDangerRuss-2439

222 reduced the number of possible comps by a factor of 1000, which made the game easier to balance.

According to Jeff Kaplan it didn’t.

Rather than ask me to provide a source for my statement as a reasonable person might have done you simply ignore this.

Indeed I have no obligation whatsoever to explain a theory of yours that has already been discredited by the lead developer.

Which of the 2 modes is the best though?

Which one SHOULD you play?

If there’s a best one, why does the other exist?

Which QP mode do i click? Which one does the DEVS want you to click?

What about the differences between the heroes? How do you explain that in QP?

What if i like a hero in one mode, but that hero plays completely differently in another mode?

Which button do the devs want players to pick first? How does that affect the UI? How does that affect user flow and analytics?

How will a new game mode affect 222 players?

How are competitive points distributed?

How does this affect the SR system? How do the devs maintain 2 completely separate SR systems at the same time? How is that affected by analytics?

How does this affect level design? Systems design? Social design?

How does it affect Overwatch 2? How does it affect PVE and new game modes?

That’s just a quick sample of a few questions that would need to be answered. Go for it dude

RE: 222 balance futureproofing. Just because Jeff didnt explicitly call out an easily proven fact doesnt mean its not true. It is true, and its mathmatically provable. A theory is not discredited just because its hasnt been specifically mentioned (hint - they wont, because any hint of weakness would be like throwing yourself to the forum wolves).